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IBM IBM SENIOR LOGIC DESIGN ENGINEER – Core Units Front End Pipeline 
India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 
57081374

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Your Role and Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture, design and development of Processor Core Front end of pipeline units for high-performance IBM Systems.
  • Architect and design I-Cache, Instruction Fetch, Branch Prediction and Decode units of a high performance processor CPU
  • Develop the features, present the proposed architecture in the High level design discussions
  • Estimate the overall effort to develop the feature.
  • Estimate silicon area and wire usage for the feature.
  • Develop micro-architecture, Design RTL, Collaborate with other Core units, Verification, DFT, Physical design, Timing, FW, SW teams to develop the feature
  • Signoff the Pre-silicon Design that meets all the functional, area and timing goals
  • Participate in post silicon lab bring-up and validation of the hardware
  • Lead a team of engineers, guide and mentor team members, represent as Logic Design Lead in global forums.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • 8 or more years of demonstrated experience in architecting and designing specific CPU unit(eg. I-Cache, Instruction Fetch, Branch Prediction, Instruction Decode)
  • Hands on experience of different Branch Prediction techniques
  • Deep expertise in Out of Order, Super Scalar, Multi-Threaded Core Architecture and ISA
  • Experience with high frequency, instruction pipeline designs
  • At least 1 generation of Processor Core silicon bring up experience
  • In depth understanding of industry microprocessor designs (e.g., x86, ARM, or RISC-V processor designs)
  • Proficiency of RTL design with Verilog or VHDL
  • Knowledge of at least one object oriented or functional programming language and scripting language.
  • Nice to haves
  • Knowledge of instruction decode and handling pipeline hazards
  • Knowledge of verification principles and coverage
  • High-level knowledge of Linux operating system
  • Understanding of Agile development processes
  • Experience with DevOps design methodologies and tools


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise